Catalog Description
CIOS 270 Microcomputer Programming
Advanced microcomputer programming. Focus on using application programming languages. Supplementing and integrating computer applications with built-in programming tools. (Recommended: CIOS 130, 135 and 240; or equivalent skills.) (1 - 3+0) As Demand Warrants

Skill Expectations
Students should be comfortable with using computers and computer applications. CIOS 270 is an advanced class. Students should be competent users of Word, Excel, and Access before they take this class.

List of Class Competencies

1. To be able to define appropriate uses of programming application languages.
    
2. To be able to use scripting tools with proper virus and security protection.
    
3. To be able to use recording procedures, if applicable, to create macros or functions in an application.
    
4. To be able use pre-packaged application language applets, objects, procedures or functions.
    
5. To be able to use Internet resources to gather information and to find code samples for an application programming language.
    
6. To be able to use an application programming language to enhance an application for personal use.
    
7. To be able to use an application programming language to make a tool easier to use for a non-skilled user.
    
8. To be able to write or modify application programming language code so that it accomplishes the defined task.
    
9. To be able to describe the conceptual model of the application program language that is being used. For instance being able to define, variables, objects, properties, methods, and control structures for Visual Basic for Applications.
    
10. To be able to read application language code and to use debugging tools to edit and correct code errors.
     
11. To be able to integrate application language code into an application so that a non-skilled user can use the procedure.

Related Links:

• CIOS Course Descriptions
• Credit for Prior Learning